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Google to purchase Skybox
Google announced an agreement to purchase the high quality satellite image provider Skybox Imaging for $500m
A sign is posted in front of the Skybox Imaging headquarters on June 10, 2014 in Mountain View, California. Google announced an agreement to purchase the high quality satellite image provider Skybox Imaging for $500 million. (Getty Images)
A sign is posted in front of the Skybox Imaging headquarters on June 10, 2014 in Mountain View, California. Google announced an agreement to purchase the high quality satellite image provider Skybox Imaging for $500 million. (Getty Images)
A sign is posted in front of the Skybox Imaging headquarters on June 10, 2014 in Mountain View, California. Google announced an agreement to purchase the high quality satellite image provider Skybox Imaging for $500 million. (Getty Images)
US space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 16, 2011 for its final mission and what will be the penultimate flight for the US shuttle program ‘We want to thank all the tens of thousands of employees who have put their hands on this incredible ship,’ shuttle commander Mark Kelly said moments before liftoff at 8:56 (1256 GMT). (AFP/Getty Images)
The space shuttle Atlantis STS-129 lifts off November 16, 2009 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Atlantis and its crew will deliver two control moment gyroscopes, equipment and EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 1 and 2 to the International Space Station. (AFP/Getty Images)
